Where does “Moșoaia” come from?
Moșoaia (English) comes from Romanian Moșoaia, from Romanian Moșu, from Romanian moș, from German maß, from Middle High German māz, from Old High German māza, from Pali mātu, from Proto-Germanic mētō — to measure; to give advice; healing.
Ancestry of “Moșoaia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Moșoaia | — |
| 2 | Romanian | Moșu | — |
| 3 | Romanian | moș | an old man |
| 4 | German | maß | first/third-person singular preterite of messen |
| 5 | Middle High German | māz | — |
| 6 | Old High German | māza | — |
| 7 | Pali | mātu | gen/dat singular of mātar; alternative stem of... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | mētō | measure; size |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |